Should Howard Dean return as Chairman?

[jsmirman]

38. DNC was like a sickness coming into OFA

keep this in mind.

Dean was great, but what we're really looking at is the divide between vitality and retread crappiness.

The great organization that got built in the primaries in '08 survived in spite of, not because of the influx of DNC operatives. At least in the neck of the woods where I was stationed. All the DNC brought in were old strategies, a campaign HQ moved far away from center of our base, a bunch of unqualified folks who managed to get themselves fired en masse - TWICE - and all sorts of petty discord and bullshit.

We were a kick ass and take (many) names kind of operation prior to the merge, and I firmly believe it was the core strength of that original team that carried things forward post-merge and through November.

Why do you think we have the SHITTY Supreme Court that we have right now? Because we were saddled election after election with hacks following losers' playbooks. We'll never duplicate the holy war of '08, but the commitment to good, forward-thinking, rational, well-conceived strategy and well-crafted execution is something we best not be turning back the clock on.

Unfortunately, the current admin is probably not the old vital OFA, but something choked at all levels by DNC retreads who pushed their way in starting in June-July of '08 and then into the actual administration. These are just my guesses, though.